Paris Rooftops Photographed by Michael Wolf.

For more than 15 years, Munich-born photographer Michael Wolf has been observing life in the cities, which has resulted in a unique and iconic body of work. After moving to Hong Kong in 1994, he created a number of photo series about life in the sprawling, rapidly modernising cities around the region. In ‘Architecture of Density‘, he focused on the dizzying high-rise apartment buildings in Hong Kong, while in ‘Tokyo Compressions‘ he explored the claustrophobic nature of Tokyo subways during peak hours of daily commute.

When Wolf’s wife, an established photo editor, wanted the family to move to Paris in 2008, the photographer decided to turn his lens away from the obvious sites and cliches synonymous with the ‘City of Lights’. Instead, he turned his finely tuned eye to Paris Rooftops, focusing on capturing interesting geometry compositions, muted colours, old walls with small pops of antennas and terracotta chimneys. I can just imagine all the “fun” he would’ve had trying to work out ways to climb up old rickety ladders and squeeze through trap doors to get there. Incredible.

You might also like exploring his Paris Tree Shadows series. What a clever man.

[All images © Michael Wolf.]